The Counseling Center

The goal of the counselors is to enhance the student’s personal growth and development: spiritually, academically, and emotionally.

The Counseling Center provides a variety of services:

Guidance Counselor: Academics, College Decisions and Planning, Career Choices

Substance Awareness Counselor: Addiction, Students at Risk, Strategies of Prevention and Intervention

Family Counselor: Dynamics of the Family, Parent/Adolescent Issues, Family Role in Society

Pastoral Counselor: Spiritual Growth of the Student

Counseling Center Telephone Number is 201-998-8227 x 221

Parent Involvement and Student Success:

When parents are involved, students achieve more, regardless of socio-economic status, ethnic/racial background, or the parents’ education level.

The more extensive the parent involvement, the higher the student achievement.

When parents are involved in their son/daughter’s education, those students have higher grades and test scores, better attendance, and complete homework more consistently.

Students whose parents are involved in their lives have higher graduation rates and greater enrollment rates in post-secondary education.

PEARLS (Peer Education, Assistance, Resources, Leadership, Service)
Students are selected in their Junior or Senior year as members of PEARLS. Membership requires a three-step process: application, interview, and Core Team recommendation. Students are selected based on service, leadership, and character qualities. This organization is comprised of peer ministering to peers. Core Team members assist in drug and alcohol issues. They develop listening skills, counseling techniques, and response skills to train other students. Each PEARLS student has a Core Team member as a mentor.